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LaTeX Workshop vs Kile: catalog facts
LaTeX Workshop	Kile
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, Linux
Auto build with configurable LaTeX recipes Internal PDF viewer with SyncTeX	Project view keeps multi-file documents organised Symbol palettes remove the need to remember command names
Requires Visual Studio Code and a separately installed TeX distribution Latest version needs a recent VS Code release	Pulls in KDE libraries Development is slow, with the KDE Frameworks 6 version still in beta
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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